Now here is a hardy spring bulb!
The Arctic crocus usually blooms through the snow and actually requires four to six months of cold weather in order to develop.
Nature’s adaptations are amazing!
Happy Saturday.
Arctic Crocus
Now here is a hardy spring bulb!
The Arctic crocus usually blooms through the snow and actually requires four to six months of cold weather in order to develop.
Nature’s adaptations are amazing!
Happy Saturday.
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Great capture
Thank you very much. 🙂
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Our early flowers are crocus, daffodil and grape hyacinth. They are beautiful and they feel like waking up. Sadly, they also let me know it’s time to break out the shovel, yay…
Hahaha.:) So true. They are very beautiful and such a harbinger of spring! I’m surprised at the Arctic versions of the bulbs that are commonly grown in the south and how well they have adapted to the cold. Good luck with that shovel. 😉
Even my snow drops waited until the snow was completely gone, with little to no chance for more!
I have been really surprised by how tough these Arctic variants are. I have already seen snow drops (although the ones I saw were in a protected location, they still survived extreme cold) and now crocus, too. I’m told that there’s a type of daffodil that will bloom in May. I’m on the lookout!
Hardship makes the beauty even more striking. Thanks for sharing Lynette. Allan
I couldn’t agree more. I was totally amazed seeing these crocus literally growing through the snow!
That crocus is of a different variety than the prairie ones. I love the contrast between “what we want” and the reality of how it happens. Spring the most illusive of seasons. Bernie
Yes, it is. The Arctic crocus are smaller as well. “Illusive” is a good word to describe it. Thanks for stopping by and commenting.
Loveliness!
Thank you, Cindy. 🙂
That delicate flower is a real toughie!
It sure is! I was very surprised to find out that they grow as far north as Inuvik.
Wow! I had no idea.
I didn’t know that either until recently.
Beautiful flower is really brave to bloom despite all the odds!
Yes, it has adapted incredibly well! I love how nature figures out a way. 🙂
I never would have expected such a beautiful flower to grow in such harsh conditions.
Agreed. They are amazingly tough! I’ve also found out about a type of daffodil that grows here, too. I’m going to be on the lookout for them!
How lovely. Seeing the special flowers of the far north is an ambition of mine. It is amazing how they cope with the extreme conditions.
I never would have thought it possible given how cold it gets here, but these crocus apparently need the cold in order to bloom. So amazing. I hope you’re able to do that sometime. Cheers.
They look incredible- especially with the snow glistening around them!
It’s amazing how they can grow through the snow like that. Tough but beautiful!
Love it! Nature gives us lots incredible gifts, doesn’t it!
Yes, it certainly does! So amazing how life finds a way, even in the harshest conditions.